Purru Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Purru is a medium size village located in Purulia - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 149 families residing. The Purru village has population of 873 of which 446 are males while 427 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purru village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 13.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purru village is 957 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purru as per census is 1109, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Purru village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purru village was 73.05 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purru Male literacy stands at 83.12 % while female literacy rate was 62.30 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Purru village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Purru village.

Purru Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	149	-	-
Population	873	446	427
Child (0-6)	116	55	61
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	635	333	302
Literacy	73.05 %	83.12 %	62.30 %
Total Workers	504	259	245
Main Worker	27	-	-
Marginal Worker	477	240	237

Caste Factor

In Purru village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 72.74 % of total population in Purru village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Purru village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Purru village out of total population, 504 were engaged in work activities. 5.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 504 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.